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How exposed to AI is a Health Informatics Specialist?

Of the 17 tasks O*NET lists for health informatics specialists, 6 could be done in half the time with a chat window today. 2 cannot be sped up at all. Here is which.

Exposure means published research judged an AI could halve the time a task takes, at the same quality. It does not mean the task stops needing a person. How to read this

Also called
Clinical Electronic Health Record Nurse (Clinical EHR Nurse)Clinical InformaticistClinical Informatics AnalystClinical Informatics NurseClinical Informatics SpecialistHealth InformaticistNursing Informatics OfficerNursing Informatics SpecialistRN Clinical Information Systems Coordinator (Registered Nurse Clinical Information Systems Coordinator)RN Clinical Information Systems Educator (Registered Nurse Clinical Information Systems Educator)
Reachable today Needs software built first Cannot be sped up
17
tasks rated for this occupation
90%
hold a degree, from a survey of 21
505k
people do this job in the US
25 of 36
least protected in computing and maths

Every task, and what AI can do with it

These are O*NET's task statements for this occupation, exactly as written, sorted into the three bands by the ratings behind this report. Nothing has been reworded.

Reachable with a chat window today

6
  • Design, develop, select, test, implement, and evaluate new or modified informatics solutions, data structures, and decision-support mechanisms to support patients, health care professionals, and their information management and human-computer and human-technology interactions within health care contexts
  • Analyze and interpret patient, nursing, or information systems data to improve nursing services
  • Identify, collect, record, or analyze data relevant to the nursing care of patients
  • Develop or deliver training programs for health information technology, creating operating manuals as needed
  • Disseminate information about nursing informatics science and practice to the profession, other health care professions, nursing students, and the public
  • Design, conduct, or provide support to nursing informatics research

Only with software built on top

9
  • Translate nursing practice information between nurses and systems engineers, analysts, or designers, using object-oriented models or other techniques
  • Apply knowledge of computer science, information science, nursing, and informatics theory to nursing practice, education, administration, or research, in collaboration with other health informatics specialists
  • Develop, implement, or evaluate health information technology applications, tools, processes, or structures to assist nurses with data management
  • Use informatics science to design or implement health information technology applications for resolution of clinical or health care administrative problems
  • Analyze computer and information technologies to determine applicability to nursing practice, education, administration, and research
  • Develop strategies, policies or procedures for introducing, evaluating, or modifying information technology applied to nursing practice, administration, education, or research
  • Develop or implement policies or practices to ensure the privacy, confidentiality, or security of patient information
  • Read current literature, talk with colleagues, and participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in informatics
  • Inform local, state, national, and international health policies related to information management and communication, confidentiality and security, patient safety, infrastructure development, and economics

Cannot be sped up

2
  • Provide consultation to nurses regarding hardware or software configuration
  • Plan, install, repair, or troubleshoot telehealth technology applications or systems in homes
What this does not say

This is not a prediction about your job

Nobody surveyed an employer. Tasks are counted equally, so a percentage here is a share of the list rather than a share of your week. And the ratings were made in 2023, which makes every figure a floor rather than a ceiling.

It must never be used to select anyone for redundancy. The full limits are here.

Where to go next

This is the standard task list for the title. The useful next question is which of the tasks you actually do should go near AI, and which should not.

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Exposure ratings from Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs, Science 384, 1306–1308, 2024, used under the MIT licence. This page includes information from the O*NET Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. People Team AI has modified all or some of this information. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. Employment figures from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.